Indiana Favored To Take Down Streaking Golden Gophers
The Minnesota vs Indiana Odds Favors Indiana to Keep On Rolling vs Minnesota
Minnesota Looks to Build On its Gaudy Mark Against the Spread
The Minnesota Golden Gophers look to extend the longest active winning streak among Big Ten teams when they head to Bloomington to meet up with Indiana. The Minnesota vs Indiana odds favor the Hoosiers to end Minnesota’s winning ways.
Indiana has won six games in a row against Minnesota and has been favored in the last five meetings. The last time the Golden Gophers defeated Indiana was in 2019 and the last time they won in Bloomington was in 2012.
The college basketball betting lines has Indiana favored by 4.5 points and with -190 odds to win the game outright compared to +163 odds for Minnesota to win.
Forward Erick Reader is questionable and center Jack Wilson is out for Minnesota.
Shaan Burke, Jakai Newton, and Jordan Rayford are out for Indiana.
Indiana is priced at +20000 in the odds of winning March Madness after opening the season at +7500 with Minnesota coming in at +200000 in the championship odds.
Minnesota vs Indiana 
Location: Bloomington Assembly Hall
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Gophers Finding A Way
It hasn’t always been pretty but Minnesota won both of its games in January to extend its winning streak to seven games.
After a missed free throw by Minnesota, Michigan had two chances to either take the lead or tie the game before Minnesota held on for a two-point win.
Three days later, Dawson Garcia hit four free throws in the final 15 seconds as Minnesota snapped a 10-game losing streak to Indiana.
Minnesota had lost its only other game decided by three points or less. Keep that in mind when looking at the Minnesota vs Indiana odds.
Minnesota has covered in each of its last nine games.
Foul-Prone Hoosiers Look To Rebound
Indiana has dropped two of its last three games and it doesn’t take long to figure out one of the issues.
The Hoosiers have been outscored 39-17 from the foul line in losses to Nebraska and Rutgers.
Against the Scarlet Knights, Indiana missed 11 of its 15 free throws.
Five of nine Hoosiers averaging at least 10 minutes per game are shooting less than 70% from the line.
The Hoosiers were outscored 10-1 at the foul line in the final minute against Rutgers to suffer their second conference loss despite holding the Scarlet Knights to 32% shooting. That might factor into the Minnesota vs Indiana odds.
Indiana has covered against the Las Vegas odds in just two of its last six games played in January.
Last Meeting
Malik Reneau, now Indiana’s leading scorer, came off the bench to score 10 points while Trayce Jackson-Davis had 25 points and 21 rebounds in a 61-57 road victory. Minnesota did cover in the loss as 11.5-point underdogs.
After the previous four games between Indiana and Minnesota fell over the total, this matchup fell well short of the 136-point total.
Minnesota vs Indiana Betting Preview
Indiana has won its last seven games against Minnesota and covered in five of those games.
Minnesota has lost 18 of its last 20 road games. Indiana has won nine of its last 10 home games.
The line opened and is now at 4.5. Indiana is 9-0 this season when listed as the favorite. Minnesota is 2-3 as the underdog.
A quick look at the NCAA basketball schedule shows that next up for Indiana is a home game against No. 1 Purdue.
The Hoosiers are 8-1 at home with Minnesota splitting its first two road games of the season.
Minnesota leads all Division I men’s basketball teams with a 14-1 record against the spread and that includes a 4-1 mark as the underdog.
The Golden Gophers are 7-1 against the spread in their last eight games against Big Ten teams but 1-5 in the last six matchups with Indiana.
When looking at the NCAA basketball stats, Minnesota is in the top 30 nationally in field-goal percentage. That has helped Minnesota remain just a game behind first-place Wisconsin in the Big Ten standings.
Two of Indiana’s top four scorers are Oregon transfer Kel’el Ware and freshman Mackenzie Mgbako while two of Minnesota’s top four scorers were not with the program a season ago. That could make it more challenging to project whether Minnesota can cover in yet another game.
Just four of Indiana’s nine games went over the total. The total is set at 146.5 in this matchup. With Indiana allowing more than 73 points per game, the game could head over the total even if each of Minnesota’s last four games would have gone under that total.
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